Shangri-La Stone Village, Prospect Hill, North Carolina
Shangri-La Stone Village, Prospect Hill, North Carolina. Henry L. Warren was a retired tobacco farmer in 1968 when he began ...
Tag: Folk Art
Salvation Mountain – Slab City, California
Yesterday’s alien abduction post went over like a lead balloon, so let me redeem my sins with a visit to ...
Stephen Huneck’s chapel on “Dog Mountain” in Vermont
After a near-death experience in 1998, folk artist Stephen Huneck built a chapel on “Dog Mountain” in Vermont. He wanted ...
African Village in America, Alabama
Next to two African American cemeteries is African Village in America, the home of Joe Minter and his wife Hilda ...
Joe’s Scarecrow Village, Nova Scotia
If you lack a green thumb, then follow the footsteps of Canadian Joe Delaney. After many attempts to grow a ...
Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden, Georgia
Paradise Garden is recognized by art historians, art museums, art critics, government agencies, and preservationists as an exceptional example of ...
Nick Engelbert’s Grandview – Pecatonica Educational Charitable Foundation
As promised, I begin this round of guest posts with an acquaintance of mine, Chicago artist and writer Dmitry Samarov ...
Samúel Jónsson’s sculpture garden, Iceland
Icelandic artist/farmer Samúel Jónsson (1884-1969) lived alone next to the nearly uninhabited valley of Selárdalur for most of his life. ...
Museum of Animated Carvings
If you ever find yourself traveling around the Nebraska-Kansas border, because so many people do, make sure to stop in ...
Moomaw America’s One and Only Hippie Memorial
Forget about San Francisco or Woodstock or wherever it is hippies live nowadays. Arcola is the home of Moomaw America’s ...
